When you see somebody actually be able to channel that into an accessible, beautiful tool, you start to see the craftsman behind it.

The people that I associate myself with are people that are looking to make a good product because it's going to benefit them and it's going to help launch their careers.

I'm not really worried about people's perception of what I do, or people's analysis of why I make the decisions I make. I wake up every day with a new interest and a desire for an education.

I really strongly feel that when you approach a drama, you have to approach it with energy, honesty, sincerity, and absolute commitment, or don't do it.

Sometimes in the studio movies I've been working in, you'll put a joke in a movie because the crowd loves it - not because I love it.

Every new project I do is a new invention of myself and reinvigorates me as to why I love the industry.

I've never wanted to be a fireman, in my life. I've never really wanted to grow up and be anything other than a film director.

I've always had great independence on everything I've done. Nobody's ever told me not to do anything.

Everybody's got their tools or their instruments, and it's fun to see how people expose themselves to their profession or their profession becomes who they are.

There's something within contemporary culture which is far more faux masculine than it was when men were really men.

I've protected my protracted period of infancy. For many years. And I have no desire to become an adult.

If I told you that a flower bloomed in a dark room, would you trust it?

You must remember that you cannot form your character in a moment, my dear. Character is a plant of slow growth and the seeds must be planted early.

Why did he kiss you?" she said.

I'll always have a kid in me.

The best thing about being a statistician is that you get to play in everyone's backyard.

The fact that we are living does not mean we are not sick.

Style is a magic wand, and turns everything to gold that it touches.

He was a genius - that is to say, a man who does superlatively and without obvious effort something that most people cannot do by the uttermost exertion of their abilities.

Do not be eager for things above.

The biggest thing I learned from losing? Winning's better.